30th visit is the charm for Greg and Steve fans

Greg & Steve, a Grammy-nominated singing duo from Southern California, have been together for a long time.

Jo Ann Kirby

Greg & Steve, a Grammy-nominated singing duo from Southern California, have been together for a long time.

You can tell by the way their voices sound similar and the manner in which they finish each other's sentences.

Greg Scelsa and Steve Millang started performing together in 1975 for young audiences.

Are they still relevant?

"Well, we are 64 years old now," Scelsa said of their birthdays. "What's that Beatles song? Will you still need me?"

And Millang finishes the line.

"Will you still feed me?"

Together now!

"When I'm 64," they croon.

On stage in Stockton for three days of concerts, the pair will be jumping around on stage singing for their audiences of screaming kids - many on field trips from area preschools and elementary schools.

Their hits include "The World is a Rainbow," and "The Freeze."

A typical concert features Scelsa falling asleep on stage while Millang tries various tricks and gags to wake him - all with some help from the audience.

"It's very interactive," Millang said. "We like to pull some kids up on stage to help us out."

"This is our 30th visit," Scelsa said. "We didn't come last year. But we are back and we are so excited. Stockton has been such an integral part of our careers from the very beginning. We have so many friends in this community."

Alan Cook of the nonprofit Education Through Music said the organization took this past year off from presenting concerts in order to look at other avenues of delivering quality early childhood entertainment.

"I am excited that they are returning because they are a part of the musical history of Stockton," Cook said. "They take our children on a exciting musical tour during their concert."

The young students at Central Methodist Nursery School are looking forward seeing Greg & Steve.

Julie Glenn-Seely, director of Central, said that the entertainers perform to a new audience of little learners each time they visit.

And what makes the kids love them so?

"Because they play guitars," said Elaine Oneto-Galbraith, a teacher at Central. "And they love to hear the rock 'n roll."

Copies of Greg & Steve's latest CD "Jumpin' & Jammin' " and other CDs will be offered for sale at the concerts.

And the duo said they are currently working on a new CD.

What's the title?

"I don't know, maybe the 'White Album,' " Millang said, in a joking reference back to The Beatles. "No, we haven't come up with a title yet. If you have any ideas, let us know."